"I want a wife"

Brady uses a man's perspective, establishing situational irony in order

illustrate the harsh expectations that men place on women. From a woman's
standpoint, men are seen as stubborn and selfish, and Brady demonstrates that
through the demanding phrase, "I want a wife". She uses strong diction to show
this, using words such as "must" and "need", to show how men expect their wives
to fulfill their every wish. Her rhythm is a cross between flowing and rigid; she uses
a simple independent clause such as "I want a wife" and "I will expect" at the
beginning of her sentences to represent how men's needs come first. In the second
half of her sentences, she elaborates more on the specific duty and utilizes smooth
diction to represent women.
Brady appeals to her audience's sense of logic and emotion in order to
compare the roles of men and women in the household. Women are specifically
given menial tasks meant to serve their husbands, whereas men are able to enjoy
as they please. She shows this contrast by stimulating pity for women, by using
anaphora as well as harsh diction in the second half of the essay. Brady repeats the
phrase "that their" in a list that talks about how wives should serve their husbands'
friends, effectively emphasizing the large amount of duties that they have to do for
people who are not even associated with them. The narrator also becomes
increasingly harsh and selfish as the essay progresses in comparison to the
woman's increasingly demanding roles. The use of the words "jealousies" and
"clutter" to describe a wife that strays from her marital duties creates a pompous
tone, making it seem as if the wife was extremely inferior to her dominant husband.
Brady also uses a partial slippery slope in order to demonstrate that men feel that
every little chore must be executed perfectly, otherwise women are useless. She
mocks this point, appealing to her audience's logic by allowing them to piece
together the evidence that men and women are unequal in society's eye, and that
men treat women as lower beings.